Thanks, Linda.
I'd say we've had about 10 years of extreme heat and drought. I've lived in this part of KY for nearly 40 years and it wasn't always this hot. Hotter than the mountains where I grew up, a whole different growing zone actually, because the mountains are about 400 miles east of me, though still in KY. I guess all the trees and the mountains themselves provide summer shade in the valleys there.
But I am now located somewhat south and west of those mountains, and I think your climate is moving nearer to us. I told somebody that whatever Texas and Oklahoma get today, I can expect tomorrow, and that's just about always true. We are a small town with a small water facility in spite of the rivers and lakes all around us. I think we just have to be careful about water because of the facility itself. But the rivers are low and the lakes so low that it's affecting the tourist season. I guess I'll just wait and see. There's no way I can move the mountains closer, though I'd like to try.
Thanks again, Linda. Stay cool as you can out there!
